In this episode of The Squawk, we sit down with Jared Ellis from Culture Amp. Jared shares his journey from being the first support specialist to leading an AI-first customer experience transformation. Key topics include shifting from productivity metrics to quality of experience, improving AI through frontline feedback, emerging career paths in support teams, and challenging the conventional wisdom of slow AI rollouts by moving quickly with well-planned "escape hatches."
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Timestamps:
00:41 Introduction to Culture Amp and Jared's Role
02:12 Jared's Journey and AI Adoption in Customer Support
05:03 The Impact of AI on Customer Experience Measurement
09:07 Metrics shift: from speed (FRT) to quality of experience in an AI-first model.
19:00 Lightning Round
Where to find Jared:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredellis/
All companies care about product quality, but Linear actually has a zero bug policy with teeth.
We sat down with Alexandra Lapinsky Wilson, who leads Product Ops and CX at Linear.
Linear wants to bring the magic back to software, and Alexandra's teams are making that real for users every day.
Hear Alexandra's insights on how CX is critical to delivering on the zero bug promise
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Read more about Linear's zero-bug policy here: https://linear.app/now/zero-bugs-policy
Timestamps:
0:54 - Retail to Software Career
7:32 - Zero Bug Policy Explained
10:24 - Identifying bugs for eng, collaborating with product
16:38 - Hiring Philosophy, Org
19:03 - Lightning Round Q&A (great support, favorite metrics)
Where to find Alexandra:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-lapinsky-wilson/
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We begin our very first episode on The Squawk with Bob van Winden. Bob shares his extensive experience in scaling customer support operations across major tech companies like Google and Stripe, and now at Bridge, a fintech startup. He reflects on how he accelerated his career thanks to unique professional opportunities available in Support and Operations, the importance of balancing anecdotes with data when it comes to CX, and the key lessons from hyper-scaling operations over the past decade.
The customer experience space is changing fast. The Squawk is a short, sharp and focused deep dive on one guest and their one big idea about how CX is changing for the people involved. The conversation is deep, tactical and specific. Perfect for a quick commute and guaranteed to leave you with something new to think about – or implement – for your CX operation.
Timestamps:
Where to find Bob:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanwinden/
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We’re launching a new podcast! The customer experience space is changing quickly. The Squawk is a short, sharp and focused deep dive on guests from leading companies. Hear Steve Hind speak to CX, Product and Operations Leaders at Clay, Linear, Stripe (to name a few), and their one big idea about how CX is changing for the people involved. Here’s a sneak peek. We can’t wait to share Season 1 with you—stay tuned!More about us:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lorikeetcx/ Website: https://www.lorikeetcx.ai/Blog: https://www.lorikeetcx.ai/blog